Case for phonograph-records.



PATENTED DEG. ,5, 1905.

J. W. CAMPBELL. CASE FOR PHONOGRAPHRBGORDS.

AFPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8, 1905.

No. 000,020. PATPNTPD DP0.5,1005.

J. W.r CAMPBELL CASE FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. APPLIGTION PILPDl JUNE s, 1905.

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JAMES w; CAMPBELL, or GERMANTOWN, NEw YORK;

Specification of Letters'Pat'ent: i Application filedy J'une8, 1905. Serial No. 264.226.

CASE, Fon PHoNoGRAPH-RECORDS.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.v

, tion superposed one upon anotheneach section, with the exception of the base and top, being fitted to receive a drawer.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanyngdrawings inwhich-.

Figure 1 is a view in perspectiveof a singlesection case. Fig. 2 is asimilar vlew of a case 4 composed of a' plurality of sections. Fig. Bis

posed in order until the aview in side elevation showing'the top-unlocked and partially'removed. Figi. 4 is la top plan view of a section with the top removed and one of the ends-partially broken -away to show the. locking device more clearly. Fig. 5 is a vertical section from front toA back inthe plane ofthe lineA A of i Fig. 4 .with 4the top mposition and showing its engagement with the section below it. Fig. 6 1s a bottom plan view of a section, and Fig. 7'i's a vertical'section from side to side in the plane of the line B B of Fig. 4. with the top in position engagediwith the section belowit.

The base is denoted'by 1, the top by 2, the section immediately resting on thebase by 3, and a superposed section resting on the section 3. by 4. Itis to be understood that any number of sections for receiving drawers, each like the sections'S and 4, may be supercase reaches the desired height. v l The top of the base 1 is fitted to receive thel bottom of the drawer-section 3 in the same v'manner that the top of each drawer-section is fitted to receive the drawer-section above it, and the bottoni of the top part 2 is in like l manner fitted to engage with the top of a drawer-section in the same manner that thev bottom ofl any drawer-sectionis fitted to engage with the drawer-section immediately below it. f

The drawers may be provided with numerous' cylinders 5,. extending upwardly from their bottom and spaced one from another, as

1s now common-for the support of rolled phonograph-records.

with plates 6 and 7, preferably of thin metal let into the' top edge of the back until their upper faces are flush with the top edge of the back and screwed in position, the back of the section being cutaway, aslshown at 8, Fig. 5, and as indio-ated in .dotted lines, Fig. 4, to form asocket for the lreception of the rearwardly-turned lips 9 on thelower ends of re- At the'back the drawer-sectiony is provided l:

taining-hooks 1.0, made fast to the inner face of the back of a su erposed section.

Near thefront t e superposedsection is provided at its side with a depending hook 1 1, made fast thereto, the-bight 12 of the hook Vbeing arranged to embrace a stud 13iixed in r the'upperpartof the side of a lower section and havin its outer part screw-threaded .to

receive a t umb-nut 14 for locking the hook` 11 to and releasing it fromv its adjusted position embracing the stud. To assist in sliding a superposed sectio into and out of.` position on a lowersection, I provide the superposed section with guides 15 16, which are so fitted to the lower parts of the opposite sides of a superposed section that they will overlap the inner ed es of the i top. sidesv of `the lower section an of such length that they will reach from and fitv betweeny theback 17 of a lower section andthe girder 18, extending from side to side of a sectionat they front u per portion thereof.

Thezopening in t e bi ht 12 of the hook l1 isofsuchsize that it will permit thefront of a superposed section or top to be lifted after the thumb-nut 14 vis released to an extent sufficient to free the front of the guide-strip 15 from its engagement with the girder18,

and when so freed the superposed structure may be drawn forwardly until the lips 9 disengage the plates 6 and 7. Then the superposed section may be lifted from its position, and by reversing this order Of rocedure a superposed section or top may e-placed in position on an under section.

The drawer which carries on its bottom 4the cylinders or pins 5 for sup orting the record may be slid into and out of) position through the front of the section 3 or 4 and has its bottom 19 provided on its o posite sides with shallow tongues 2O 21, w 'ch slide in slides 22 `23,"the latter being held between pairs of uipper and lower ways, the members ofa pair i o ways being denoted by 24 25. The members of a pair of ways are denoted by 24 and 16, forming at the same time the guide hereinabove referred to forholding the section IOO IIO

against displacement when dropped into position overlapping the inner face of the case.

' It is to be understood that the guide 15 in like manner forms the lower way of the opposite pair of ways in which the slide 23 moves.

The particular means for hangin and controlling the sliding movement of t e drawer forms the subject-matter of a companion application filed of even date herewith and need not be more particularly explained herein, my present invention being directed to the structure of the superposed sections and the means for interlocking them.

The structure of the case is such that a single drawer-section with base and top may be set up for use until the records become too numerous to be held by it, and then an additional drawer-section may be purchased and superposed upon the single section irst obtained, utilizing the same base and top, and so on. The drawer-sections maybe added one by one as they become needed, making the structure thereby very desirable and economical because of its varying capacity, de* pending upon the number of drawer-sections needed.

What I claim is- 1. A cabinet or case for phonograph-records comprising a drawer-section having at the upper portion of its back sockets and at the lower portion of its back lips, said section being further provided with a hook at its side near the front bottom portion thereof and with a laterally-extending stud at the upper portion of its side and a section below and a second section above said drawer-section arranged to interlock with said section.

2. A case or cabinet for phonograph-records comprising a drawer-section, a section below the drawer-section and a section above the drawer-section, the said drawer-section being provided with depending guides at its side arranged to drop vertically into adjustnient with relation to the lower section and with a hook and a stud at the side vfor locking and releasing the sections.

3. A case or cabinet for phonograph-reeords comprising a lower section, sockets at its back and a stud projecting from its side near the front and an upper section provided with backwardly-turned lips at its back for engaging the sockets at the back of the lower section and with a depending hook at its side near the front for engaging the stud, and a nut on the stud for locklng the hook thereto, said superposed section being provided with depending guides arranged to drop into position between the front and the back of the case and between the opposite sides of the case, whereby the parts may be released only by iirst lifting the upper section and then drawing it horizontally.

4. The combination with a case or cabinet for phonograph records provided with a drawer-section and a section on which the drawer is supported, of a drawer housed in the section, the said drawer havinfr a sliding engagement with the opposite sides of' the section, said sliding connection comprising a slide with which the drawer is connected and upper and lower ways for holding the slide in position, the lower way of said slide forming, at the same time, a guide for holding the drawer-section in position with respect to the section on which it is supported.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of June, 1905.

JAMES W. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY THIEME. 

